LAHORE: The mobile and wireless phone services have been shut in parts of Lahore in the wake of Jamiat Ulema-I-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) rally in the provincial capital. The JUI-F will stage the rally near the Minar-e-Pakistan and mobile and Vphone services...
GHOTKI: Police have arrested four people for allegedly burning a boy to death after President Asif Ali Zardari took notice of the horrific incident, media reported Sunday. According to reports, two accused identified as Sunil aka Bakar and Kirshan ki...
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers Sindh carried out targeted operation in Baldia Town area of the city, media reported Sunday. The paramilitary troops conducted a search operation in Rangarh Muhallah area after closing entry and exit points of the of the...
BANNU: Two people were killed and eight others injured including a former member of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Adnan Wazir in a blast targeting Awami National Party (ANP) rally in Wali Noor area of Bannu district here on Sunday, media reported. Acco...
GHAZNI: A NATO helicopter supporting Afghan security forces killed two children and nine suspected Taliban fighters on Saturday, officials said, a month after President Hamid Karzai forbade troops to call for foreign air support. The deaths reopen an...
LAHORE: Senior jurist and Pakistan People’s Party veteran Senator Aitzaz Ahsan on Saturday said that former strongman Pervez Musharraf should have been arrested the moment he landed at the airport. He was speaking to media after submitting nomination...
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior has not received court orders to put name of former military dictator Pervez Musharraf on the Exit Control List (ECL), officials said on Saturday. They said that his name would be put on the ECL as soon as they rec...
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has issued orders to the immigration officials to prohibit former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf from leaving Pakistan. According to the directives, Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf, who had returne...
SEOUL: North Korea on Saturday threatened to shut down a joint industrial complex with South Korea, KCNA reported, in the latest warning from Pyongyang at a time of escalated tensions between the two sides. The threat from the state body in charge of...
CAIRO: The first direct flight connecting Egypt and Iran in more than 30 years took off from Cairo International Airport on Saturday, airport officials told. The Air Memphis plane, chartered by Egyptian businessman Ramy Lakah, is the first direct fli...
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai travelled to Qatar on Saturday to discuss Taliban militants opening an office in the Gulf state for peace talks that could end more than a decade of war. Until earlier this year, Karzai was strongly opposed to the...
Afghan foreign ministry following a statement on Wednesday announced Afghanistan has cancelled a trip of the Afghan national army officers to Pakistan following recent cross-border incursion by Pakistan. The statement further added, “An 11-member t...
Pakistan’s military intelligence — Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) on Tuesday accused the Afghan government of supporting Taliban splinters groups. ISI following a report presented to Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday alleged President Hamid Kar...
Afghanistan's political parties’ fear that President Hamid Karzai may negotiate away some of the gains made against the Taliban in an attempt to secure a peace deal with the insurgent group. Ahead of Karzai's visit to Qatar this week where he is ex...
Afghan Interior Minister Ghulam Mujtaba Patang on Tuesday warned that Afghanistan should expect serious challenges in 2014 if the security forces needs are not addressed. Speaking before parliament, Patang voiced his concerns about the inadequate a...
KARACHI: Eyewitness Shah Muhammad Saturday identified the four accused involved in Shahzeb murder, while the Anti-Terrorism court was hearing the case here, media reported. The four accused lined up have been identified by the eyewitness, Shah Muhamm...
KARACHI: A principal of a private school located in Baldia Town was killed and six students were injured in a hand grenade attack on Saturday morning, media reported....
KARACHI: Rangers carried out targeted operation in Lyari area, arresting two accused in the wee hours of Saturday, sources said. According to the sources, exchange of fire took place between the accused and rangers personnel during the operation. The...
LAHORE: A death row convict who escaped from jail surrendered himself before the Lahore High Court on Friday. The court handed over the convict to Old Anarkali Police and directed to proceed further as per law. Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik was hearing...
PESHAWAR: An explosion occurred outside the office of a NGO in Hayatabad Phase-I area of the provincial capital, however no casualty was reported. ...
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